The Nepal temblor has sent shock waves in Karnataka too, with around 250 people from the state stranded there. The good news is that the first batch of 40 Bengalureans will fly to Delhi early Sunday and land in Bengaluru by noon, according to immigration officials and embassy sources. "Nearly 400 In

MANGALURU: Chief minister Siddaramaiah said the jurisdiction of lone women's University in state at Vijayapura will be extended to all districts with a view to imparting quality education to women. Speaking after inaugurating the new building of Hira Women's Composite PU College at Thokkottu, CM

MANGALURU: The pre-monsoon showers will continue for another two days in the coast. Sundar Metri, director, India Meteorological Department (IMD), Bengaluru, said that the prevailing conditions have seen the coast getting good showers, and this will last for a few days more. The result of the

BENGALURU: The Common Entrance Test (CET) conducted by the Karnataka Examination Authority (KEA) for professional undergraduate courses has been put off due to a strike called by the KSRTC Staff and Workers' Federation and a coalition of central trade unions on April 30. It will now be held on May 1

MANGALURU: Konkan Railway Corporation Ltd will implement the monsoon timetable on Konkan Railway route from June 10 to October 31 for trains leaving from originating stations from June 10. The monsoon timetable is enforced to run trains punctually during the monsoon and to avoid inconvenience to pas

BENGALURU: "The moral of my story is there is no place for integrity and honesty , and there is no justice for a judge in this country," Justice KL Manjunath, a senior judge of the Karnataka high court who retired on Monday, said on Monday. Speaking at a farewell function organized by the high co

BENGALURU: Undeterred by political uncertainty over the city civic polls, the State Election Commission has revised the electoral rolls and prepared the ground for over 70 lakh voters to exercise their franchise, if BBMP elections are held. Former BBMP commissioner M Lakshminarayana said the numb

MANGALURU: Are you a BSNL customer? Then brace yourself for two-days of service disruption at various levels from April 21 including delay in attending to fault repairs, if any, outages in mobile networks not being attended to during the period and skeletal functioning of customer service centers th

The Department of Medical Education has clarified that the fee hike announced on April 1 will apply only for postgraduate medical, dental and diploma courses and not for undergraduate courses.   The statement comes in the wake of recent reports that the government had decided to increase the fee

BENGALURU: Rajarshi Dhar had planned to book a cab to office and back on Saturday but before he could even start booking, he got a message on his Taxiforsure mobile app saying :We will not be able to oeprate due to bandh tomorrow. While in some companies, employees have been asked to come to offi

MANGALURU: In view of grounding of one aircraft at Mumbai and subsequently late availability of aircraft and further due to A Notice to Airmen (NOTAM) at Mangaluru International Airport, Air India Express flights of April 17 and 18 are rescheduled to operate as under: Flight IX813 Mangaluru to Dubai

BENGALURU: If you are a resident of Whitefield, Koramangala, Yelahanka or their adjoining areas and plan to host house parties over the weekends, you might need to think again. Energy minister DK Shivakumar on Wednesday categorically said that vast swathes of Bengaluru will have to bear with power c

BENGALURU: Now, you'll be hearing two-wheelers blare out ambulance sirens! But do ensure they have the right of way, as these bikers would be zipping by to save the life of needy patients. The two-wheeler ambulances, rolling out on Wednesday, are part of the 'platinum ten minutes' trauma care initi

The Medical Council of India (MCI) is likely to grant permission for admission to the MBBS course in three medical colleges — Koppal, Kalaburagi, and Gadag — from the 2015–16 academic year. Minister for Medical Education Sharan Prakash Patil said on Monday that the team visited the colleges and i

BENGALURU: Close on the heels of the PU Education Board granting grace marks for blunders in the second-year English and maths question papers, the Karnataka Secondary Education Examination Board (KSEEB) has taken the same route to neutralize a gaffe in its Kannada-medium maths paper in the SSLC exa

With prompt, smooth and safe drives, app-based cabs have changed the way people in the state travel as they are no more at the mercy of rude autorickshaw drivers Two weeks ago, when Prabhu Angadi's father collapsed due to a heart ailment, he was standing on the road hailing autos. But when none s

BENGALURU: A monthly Lok Adalat held on Saturday across the state and a total of 38,924 cases were settled, which included 4,366 pending cases and a whopping 34,558 pre-litigation cases. 2,798 of these cases were pending before the labour courts and compensation exceeding Rs 1.16 cr was awarded.

MANGALURU: Trains will be regulated consequent to construction work on the subway at Jokatte between Padil and Thokur stations near Mangaluru Junction, which will be taken up between 10.30am and 2.30pm on April 12. Train 12133 Mumbai CSTM - Mangaluru Junction Express, scheduled to arrive at Manga